Mexico - Oaxaca community radios hounded for opposing wind farm

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the harassment of community radio stations in the southern state of Oaxaca by the local authorities and international companies. The radio stations are opposing the proposed construction of a huge wind farm in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec by Mareña Renovables and Gas Natural Fenosa and are criticizing the failure to consult the local indigenous communities. The conflict has intensified in the past few days. Radio Totopo journalist Carlos Sánchez Martínez was (...)

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